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as president obama said in the state of the union. even when you train someone -- you kick people out of the country. companies cannot hire the people they want. we have fundamental problems. our legal system discourages investment here. i would like to see teachers added, frankly. we need good teachers. we have way too many lawyers. 30 years ago, 100% of the venture capitalists were in the united states. now it is less than half, for a lot of very good reasons. we have to capture that. it is not just about investing. it is an act of government, whether it is high taxes, litigation, lack of free trade that we have today. we cannot isolate ourselves as president obama has said. >> -- host: the consumer electronics association has been the trade association for more than 2000 companies. and it runs the largest annual trade show. let's look at some of the recommendations that you go through in your book. businesses lower the corporate tax rate. enter more free-trade agreements. asked that noon -- every regulation and law have a measurabl
as president obama said in the state of the union. even when you train someone -- you kick people out of the country. companies cannot hire the people they want. we have fundamental problems. our legal system discourages investment here. i would like to see teachers added, frankly. we need good teachers. we have way too many lawyers. 30 years ago, 100% of the venture capitalists were in the united states. now it is less than half, for a lot of very good reasons. we have to capture that. it is...
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president obama will release his budget next week. some republicans have said they want to cut off $100 billion from the present cost 2011 budget request. the couple appeared to tell you about on capitol hill this morning -- cia director leon panetta, fbi director robert miller, and a director of national intelligence will testify about global security threats. live coverage from the house intelligence committee at 10:00 eastern on c-span 2. at 10:30 on c-span 3, deputy secretary of state james steinberg will take questions about the political unrest in egypt and lebanon. that is live from the house foreign affairs committee. >> the cspan network's, we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history, available on television, radio, online, and social media networking site and find our content any time through this cspan video library and retakes he's been on the road with local content of vehicle, bringing our resources to your community. it is washington your way, the speaker -- the cspan networks
president obama will release his budget next week. some republicans have said they want to cut off $100 billion from the present cost 2011 budget request. the couple appeared to tell you about on capitol hill this morning -- cia director leon panetta, fbi director robert miller, and a director of national intelligence will testify about global security threats. live coverage from the house intelligence committee at 10:00 eastern on c-span 2. at 10:30 on c-span 3, deputy secretary of state james...
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the obama energy policy. and i'm glad to hear my old friend speaker knut gingrich also talk to you about energy. just as obama care will increase the cost of health care, the obama energy policy driving up the cost of energy, and not by accident. and remember, while health care is 18% of the american economy, energy costs affect 100% of our economy. you remember the cap and trade tax? well, in november -- in 2008, before he was elected in november, then senator obama told the san francisco chronical under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily sky rocket. and if senate republicans hadn't killed the cap and trade tax, the electric bills for working americans would have sky rocketed. except there would be even fewer americans working if that happened. american manufacturing would be crushed by obama's energy proposals. but he hasn't given up. his moratorium on the gulf of mexico oil drilling has become a perm torium. more alaskan oil has been placed off limits. the technology hyd
the obama energy policy. and i'm glad to hear my old friend speaker knut gingrich also talk to you about energy. just as obama care will increase the cost of health care, the obama energy policy driving up the cost of energy, and not by accident. and remember, while health care is 18% of the american economy, energy costs affect 100% of our economy. you remember the cap and trade tax? well, in november -- in 2008, before he was elected in november, then senator obama told the san francisco...
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obama or president obama. you even have people will refuse to even say his name. the disrespect. how is any other countries supposed to respect us when we will not even respect for president? america is a great country but some things are just the way it is, i guess. i thank you, c-span. host:buddy writes -- geno, a republican, from newport, long island. caller: mr. obama promised many things -- like taking the troops out of afghanistan. our problem is, of we have weak trade agreements. korea can send a million cars and we can't send them a thousand. same thing with china and japan. these are unfair trade agreements. on top of that, how can we compete with some country that pays 50 cents an hour when we have to pay our workers $10 an hour? it is impossible. i was involved in trading with japan -- we were going to send them some rice. they said, yes, send us our rice, but when i got there, they refuse to accept it, saying it was brown -- it was white rice and they like brown rice or something like that. they rejected it and i've lost $3 million. that is how i feel about the matter
obama or president obama. you even have people will refuse to even say his name. the disrespect. how is any other countries supposed to respect us when we will not even respect for president? america is a great country but some things are just the way it is, i guess. i thank you, c-span. host:buddy writes -- geno, a republican, from newport, long island. caller: mr. obama promised many things -- like taking the troops out of afghanistan. our problem is, of we have weak trade agreements. korea...
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obama is siding with the elite 15% bette considers part of his base. that is alienating a lot of americans that he is making that choice, because everybody is a worker. everybody is an employee. we have our employee, the american president, citing with the unions, which are 15%. he is also siding with groups that are obviously a socialist, marxist, communist. we have a big problem in this country. as the party showed in the last election, the american people are starting to wake up and see what they have at the helm of our country. not only in domestic politics, but foreign-policy. they are starting to get worried and upset and it will only come back to haunt the democrats not only in the states, but also the presidential election of 2012. host: we will leave it there. we will speak with your mayor in a little while, the mayor of charlotte, in about 45 minutes. next, a democrat line in madison, wisconsin, hello, dorothy. guest: hello. i am close to the epicenter of what's going on with the collective bargaining rights. i am a retired teacher. i have to
obama is siding with the elite 15% bette considers part of his base. that is alienating a lot of americans that he is making that choice, because everybody is a worker. everybody is an employee. we have our employee, the american president, citing with the unions, which are 15%. he is also siding with groups that are obviously a socialist, marxist, communist. we have a big problem in this country. as the party showed in the last election, the american people are starting to wake up and see what...
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caller: president obama, not mr. obama, and the situation in egypt. he should support the egyptian people. i do not think he has the right to tell people to step down. in regards to the lady who called about the birther and all that -- she is to get her fa cts straight. why is it because he is an african-american he is not an american? host: one more caller before our first guest. republican line, cleveland. good morning to you. caller: good morning. in egyptian american and a muslim american. my family, who are very moderate in egypt -- they are rich and our college graduates. there is no muslim agenda. it is an addiction agenda. we need freedom. i've been in the united states for 30 years and enjoy freedom. i love the united states and so does my family in egypt. it is the american value of freedom that you have to promulgate. we should not be afraid of having people that do not know that to run in egypt. if you have egyptians running egypt -- peace with israel and it would still love the united states. we're going to empower our government and peop
caller: president obama, not mr. obama, and the situation in egypt. he should support the egyptian people. i do not think he has the right to tell people to step down. in regards to the lady who called about the birther and all that -- she is to get her fa cts straight. why is it because he is an african-american he is not an american? host: one more caller before our first guest. republican line, cleveland. good morning to you. caller: good morning. in egyptian american and a muslim american....
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i think obama is doing a great job. host: as far as the amendments are concerned, 583 proposed according to the "washington post" and others. 153 of those were considered on the house of the floor and at the end of the day 67 ended up being adopted by house of representatives. one of the amendment by representative broun, 246 as it was none. it would fund the army corps by responding. a democrat from washington state. >> there is the school of thought that we should let nature take its way. i believe so strongly on the west coast of washington state, we have from time to time have to come out and put in projects to save cities, safe housing -- major housing project. and we have done this with the corps of engineers very effectively using the best science. they have their -- in mississippi they have a big center where they study how to do these things. and yes, it does cost money, but we are saving assets, billions and billions of dollars. i think that this is a very unfortunate amendments and we should on a bipartisan b
i think obama is doing a great job. host: as far as the amendments are concerned, 583 proposed according to the "washington post" and others. 153 of those were considered on the house of the floor and at the end of the day 67 ended up being adopted by house of representatives. one of the amendment by representative broun, 246 as it was none. it would fund the army corps by responding. a democrat from washington state. >> there is the school of thought that we should let nature...
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we begin with remarks by president obama. this is just over an hour. >> obviously, his departure is not the biggest one today. [laughter] having said that, i thought i would come into the briefing room to say a few words about my departing press secretary. as some of you know, robert started very early with me on this wild ride that i had been on. i had run for the united states senate. i was not expected to win. when i won, the democratic primary in illinois, i realize that was going to have to start stocking up a little bit. at the time, i only had six or seven people working for me. i did not have a lot of money, so all that i could afford was robert gibbs. [laughter] robert came to work with me and we had a pretty significant general election. and then alan keyes came in, and so that ended up not being our primary focus. we then had this incredible opportunity to speak at the national convention. i know that a lot of you think that probably most attention was devoted to the speech that i delivered in boston. in fact, the
we begin with remarks by president obama. this is just over an hour. >> obviously, his departure is not the biggest one today. [laughter] having said that, i thought i would come into the briefing room to say a few words about my departing press secretary. as some of you know, robert started very early with me on this wild ride that i had been on. i had run for the united states senate. i was not expected to win. when i won, the democratic primary in illinois, i realize that was going to...
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his facebook page features him shaking hands with obama and mr. obama smiling. another shows him with the secretary of state, hillary clinton. excolleagues say he shared warm relations with some israeli leaders including ariel sharon. more significantly as a young diplomat, mr. al bare dye was part of the team that negotiated the peace settlement between israel and egypt at camp david in 1978. host: you're on the air. what do you think about him being a good ally? caller: i think he's been a good president as far as money can buy and i think the oil man will take over the canal, and the price of everything will go sky high. host: from the hill newspaper this morning, senators deny cyberbill-contained kill switch. senators lieberman, collins and harper issued a statement saying that the bill does not give the president authority shut down the internet in a reason comparable to the egyptian situation. we would never -- host: and this will be the topic on our communicators program. scott is a republican in boston. has hosni mubarak been a good ally, scott? caller:
his facebook page features him shaking hands with obama and mr. obama smiling. another shows him with the secretary of state, hillary clinton. excolleagues say he shared warm relations with some israeli leaders including ariel sharon. more significantly as a young diplomat, mr. al bare dye was part of the team that negotiated the peace settlement between israel and egypt at camp david in 1978. host: you're on the air. what do you think about him being a good ally? caller: i think he's been a...
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at the beginning of the obama administration and obama and all the environmentalist or talking about how they did not want canadian oil. now that the middle east supply is in in jeopardy, you do not hear anyone, any more about the fact that they do not want canadian oil, which is probably the most reliable source to the united states, compared to the middle east, venezuela, etc. i find it ironic that i do not hear anything more from the invite jim -- environmentalists that oil prices are -- now that oil prices are at $100 a barrel. guest: canada as an important source. have a vast amount of supplies that can be developed, and they will develop them. asked the question is where should that oil go? his argument against canadian oil mixups leno's cents pair they will produce that resource. -- makes no sense. they will produce better resource. let's look and remember this is an important secure source of oil supply. host: why the huge spike in gasoline prices one art supplies are up and our imports of oil from libya are insignificant? guest: we have seen the cost of crude oil goal up fro
at the beginning of the obama administration and obama and all the environmentalist or talking about how they did not want canadian oil. now that the middle east supply is in in jeopardy, you do not hear anyone, any more about the fact that they do not want canadian oil, which is probably the most reliable source to the united states, compared to the middle east, venezuela, etc. i find it ironic that i do not hear anything more from the invite jim -- environmentalists that oil prices are -- now...
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barack obama is 61, you are 5'7". he is charismatic and some people suggest that perhaps you are not. does that matter? >> probably, you know. in the time, i had i never suggested to the voters what they should consider as a valid criterion. if it comes down to height and hair i probably wouldn't do well. i guess that is something in the balance with many of the other factors. >> chris: governor daniels thank you so much for coming in. always good to see you. and we will be ready to see what happens in indiana and what happens on the presidential campaign trail. thanks. >> chris: up next, another possible 2012 contender leading the gop polls right now. former governor mike huckabee. back in a moment. but when i was diagnosed with prostate cancer... i needed a coach. our doctor was great, but with so many tough decisions i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn who helped us weigh and understand all our options. for me cancer was as scary as a fastball is to some of these kids. but my coach had h
barack obama is 61, you are 5'7". he is charismatic and some people suggest that perhaps you are not. does that matter? >> probably, you know. in the time, i had i never suggested to the voters what they should consider as a valid criterion. if it comes down to height and hair i probably wouldn't do well. i guess that is something in the balance with many of the other factors. >> chris: governor daniels thank you so much for coming in. always good to see you. and we will be...
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and it's continued at an accelerated pace under president obama. the one common that they have is congress. they can't do what they do without congress. so we are at a point now where it is out of control. i mean, we cannot continue to go down this road. you and i have to balance our family budget. people have to balance their family budgets across the country. why is it that the federal government doesn't have to balance the budget? the bottom line is we do not have a revenue problem. we have a spending problem. and we need to get it under control. you cannot spend your way into prosperity. host: our next call from oklahoma on our line for democrats. go ahead. caller: good morning. i'm calling in because i'm sitting here year after year and watch republicans and some democrats, they never talk about anything but cutting taxes. cutting spending. cutting taxes for the rich, cutting jobs out of the economy for the poor. and you never hear anybody mention the poor in this country, which i think it takes poor people to make rich people. so that's one t
and it's continued at an accelerated pace under president obama. the one common that they have is congress. they can't do what they do without congress. so we are at a point now where it is out of control. i mean, we cannot continue to go down this road. you and i have to balance our family budget. people have to balance their family budgets across the country. why is it that the federal government doesn't have to balance the budget? the bottom line is we do not have a revenue problem. we have...
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did mubarak say that and what did president obama say back? >> i wouldn't read out what the specifics of the call. i think obviously the president and the administration have respect for whap egypt has accomplished over three decades. i think what is clear is what the president said, has said over the past few days, the people of egypt have moved and they're not going back to what it was. >> as you track the progress on the ground in egypt, what can you look at today that's different from yesterday? >> i do not want to be the -- just as i'm not going to be the arbitor of what freedom of speech is in egypt, i don't think it makes sense for us to be the arbiter of whether today meant good progress or whether today was enough progress. i think the world, quite frankly, understands what needs to happen. we've innumerated some ideas, many of which i just said, that would demonstrate to the egyptian people that a process that is serious, immediate and irreversible is under way. and that's a process that must continue. we've got a long road to go to
did mubarak say that and what did president obama say back? >> i wouldn't read out what the specifics of the call. i think obviously the president and the administration have respect for whap egypt has accomplished over three decades. i think what is clear is what the president said, has said over the past few days, the people of egypt have moved and they're not going back to what it was. >> as you track the progress on the ground in egypt, what can you look at today that's...
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but if i remember that horizon was done under the obama administration. if i remember correctly, it was his management agency that wasn't doing their job. there was enough regulations in place, they weren't doing their job, if i remember that's correct. george bush was out of office. but e.p.a. now comes down with a new regulation under the oil spill liability where we develop oil, that the moneyies will be put aside for the cleanup i support but there's new regulations because they want to regulate the dairies of our nation today. and mr. and mrs. america, keep in mind they want to regulate the dairies today because there's fat in the milk. fat in the milk. and they want to have each cow be charged $600 per lifetime of that dairy, put aside in a fund to clean up spilled milk. that's your e.p.a. and regulations. remember the term don't cry over spilled milwaukee is going to cost you money now. -- don't cry over spilled milk is going to cost you money now. i can go on and on what they've done to the american indians. they don't allow them to develop their
but if i remember that horizon was done under the obama administration. if i remember correctly, it was his management agency that wasn't doing their job. there was enough regulations in place, they weren't doing their job, if i remember that's correct. george bush was out of office. but e.p.a. now comes down with a new regulation under the oil spill liability where we develop oil, that the moneyies will be put aside for the cleanup i support but there's new regulations because they want to...
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you can see the headline -- obama joins wisconsin budget battle. here is what brady dennis and peter allsten write -- >> the president get -- age for the president gave an interview to a local station. >> some of what i heard coming out of wisconsin, where you are just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions. and i think it is very important to understand that public employees, they are our neighbors, they are our friends. these are folks who are teachers, firefighters, and social workers and police officers. they make a lot of sacrifices and make a big contribution and i think it is important not to vilify them or to suggest somehow that all of the budget problems are due to public employees. host: for his part, the speaker of the house john data released a statement on what is happening in wisconsin and the white house's involvement -- speaker boehner released this statement. he said -- republicans in congress and reform-minded gop governors are daring to speak the truth abo
you can see the headline -- obama joins wisconsin budget battle. here is what brady dennis and peter allsten write -- >> the president get -- age for the president gave an interview to a local station. >> some of what i heard coming out of wisconsin, where you are just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions. and i think it is very important to understand that public employees, they are our neighbors, they are...
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last week, president obama this is it intel in oregon. they have one of the most advanced plans for building microprocessors. that plant is a window for our future, proving that we can be more than consumers of things. we can manufacture in obeyed the products here and sell them around the world. that is why we are backing more research, extending tax credits for businesses that in debate on our shores and pushing clean energy standards that will create jobs, in our dependence on foreign oil, and by climate change. we have to out-build the rest of the world. we cannot expect to grow on a 20th-century infrastructure. from high speed rail to high- speed internet. we have to invest company-- invests in -- and that in companies that move equipment quickly. we have to reform our government, including making sure our government lives within its means. we have got to stop spending on things we do not need so that we can make investments in the things we do need. this involves some difficult choices. we had to cut back on some things we would not
last week, president obama this is it intel in oregon. they have one of the most advanced plans for building microprocessors. that plant is a window for our future, proving that we can be more than consumers of things. we can manufacture in obeyed the products here and sell them around the world. that is why we are backing more research, extending tax credits for businesses that in debate on our shores and pushing clean energy standards that will create jobs, in our dependence on foreign oil,...
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in december i voted for that historic agreement between president obama and congress to keep american taxes low and could extend unemployment benefits. -- and to extend unemployment benefits. and now we're here to debate how to pay for that and i have an idea about how to help pay for that. my amendment, number 193, would strike the remaining funding for this six months and this year, totaling $35 million, from the budgets of the u.s. fish and wildlife service, the b.l.m. and the forest service for the purpose of buying new federal land. there are many alternatives to buying land with cash that would allow them to continue using yankee ingenuity and those include land exchanges. in my own state we have over half a million acres that have been designated for disposal by federal agencies because these lands don't fit into good land management and yet there are other lands that these same federal agencies would like to acquire. they can do exchanges. they can do sales of this lapped that's designated for -- land that's designated for disposal and purchase other lands that work better for
in december i voted for that historic agreement between president obama and congress to keep american taxes low and could extend unemployment benefits. -- and to extend unemployment benefits. and now we're here to debate how to pay for that and i have an idea about how to help pay for that. my amendment, number 193, would strike the remaining funding for this six months and this year, totaling $35 million, from the budgets of the u.s. fish and wildlife service, the b.l.m. and the forest service...
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in fact, the obama deficits for the last two years have been about $1.5 trillion. that's a lot of money. that's three times bigger deficit than president bush's worst budget deficit. you take his worst deficit, which is about $450 billion and we are talking the last two years, we are running $1.5 trillion. this is what's going on. if you are like an awful lot of americans, you want to solve a problem. we have a problem where we are apparently spending too much money. you say, what are our alternatives? how do we approach this? i'm thankful this evening that we've got one of our very bright young freshman congressmen from the state of colorado. scott is here to join us, scott tipton. scott, i want to make sure you know, any time you want to jump in here, you can talk about this. what's your reaction? you are knew here in d.c. you look at the size of the entitlement that's the same size of what we take in for a whole year, isn't that a little bit of a spooky thing to be walking down here and running into this as a problem? mr. tipton: it truly is. and we just finishe
in fact, the obama deficits for the last two years have been about $1.5 trillion. that's a lot of money. that's three times bigger deficit than president bush's worst budget deficit. you take his worst deficit, which is about $450 billion and we are talking the last two years, we are running $1.5 trillion. this is what's going on. if you are like an awful lot of americans, you want to solve a problem. we have a problem where we are apparently spending too much money. you say, what are our...
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. >>> muchas gracias jorge volvemos más adelante vamos a una pausa a la vuelta el presidente obama se reúne ( ♪ música ) >>> el presidente barack obama y líderes republicanos de la cámara de representantes trataron de buscar hoy estrategias comunes para generar empleos, los republicanos van a trabajar con obama para recortar gastos e impulsar el comercio lourdes desde washington nos dice de qué más hablaron el mandatario demócrata y líderes republicanos. cómo trabajar juntos para crear empleos y re saquitos vactivar dominó la reunión del presidente obama. y creemos para lograr esto necesitamos cortar los gastos y detener regulaciones innecesarias que impiden que los pequeños negocios contraten gente. dijeron que esto es un apoyo coco r corea del sur, colombia y panamá. el portavoz de la casa blanca robert gibs dijo que están de acuerdo en controlar los gastos pero hay que proteger cientos programas pero hay muchos demócratas que piensan que los republicanos van a mbloquear todo. >>> ellos quieren quitar aba ba obama de la casa blanca, en este mes como líderes como la
. >>> muchas gracias jorge volvemos más adelante vamos a una pausa a la vuelta el presidente obama se reúne ( ♪ música ) >>> el presidente barack obama y líderes republicanos de la cámara de representantes trataron de buscar hoy estrategias comunes para generar empleos, los republicanos van a trabajar con obama para recortar gastos e impulsar el comercio lourdes desde washington nos dice de qué más hablaron el mandatario demócrata y líderes republicanos. cómo...
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in an op ed published in the "wall street journal" president obama laid out his plan to conduct a review to quote, remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive, closed quote. i pledge to be a partner in that effort. job creation and american competitiveness is a top priority. i'm offering an amendment to deny funds to use and implement a job restoring department of education regulation. more than three million students attend pro prite tear schools, these schools provide students with skills that can be applied medley to specific jobs in the work force with more than six million workers unemployed for more than 26 weeks, these schools address a critical need in today's economy. these schools help address the needs of local communities. the institutions are anymoreble and adapt to the ever changing local economy. if it lacks nurses or mechanics, the schools can develop programs to fill those needs. for years, the schools have served young adults, younger parents and low-income individuals. they have opened doors to bright futures and strengthe
in an op ed published in the "wall street journal" president obama laid out his plan to conduct a review to quote, remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive, closed quote. i pledge to be a partner in that effort. job creation and american competitiveness is a top priority. i'm offering an amendment to deny funds to use and implement a job restoring department of education regulation. more than three million students attend pro prite...
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the obama administration calls the defense of marriage act unconstitutional. >>> the state's deteriorating awater management system may be heading to catastrophe unless bold steps are taken. >>> and "we were here" takes a look back at the aids years in san francisco. all coming up next. >>> good evening. i'm scott schaefer setting in for belva davis. welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me are dan brekke, josh richman, legal and political affairs reporter for the oakland tribune and carla marinucci, of "the san francisco chronicle." quite a kerfuffle in wisconsin, indiana, ohio. what's happening? what are the unions upset about? what does it mean for california? >> it has been called a tsunami on its way to california. the whole issue broke open this week. a lot of people wondering could california face the same kind of protests and action? this is all about money, power, and politics. the unions, particularly public employee unions are heart of the democratic party. they provide money, man power, and in states like wisconsin, we saw a republican governor challenge them o
the obama administration calls the defense of marriage act unconstitutional. >>> the state's deteriorating awater management system may be heading to catastrophe unless bold steps are taken. >>> and "we were here" takes a look back at the aids years in san francisco. all coming up next. >>> good evening. i'm scott schaefer setting in for belva davis. welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me are dan brekke, josh richman, legal and...
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it will be a very interesting debate. >> what about the timing of the obama administration's decision? with everything going on the international scene? why now? how will this affect california? >> the why now is more of a legal question, although certainly has political overtones. in previous cases, the justice department had defended doma by citing case law, precedence, that directed judges to uphold any law that land these two cass are filed in a federal circuit, a judicial circuit where no such case law exists. and the obama administration decided, and by that ibama and general eric holder, that gay people have a higher standard of scrutiny, and under that test this law won't stand up. >> doma prevents the federal government from recognizing marriages that might be legal in massachusetts or other states so they can't get any kind of federal benefit to those folks. couples in california who got married legally before prop 8 passed, how does this affect them? can they now sue? >> in fact, some already have, and this could have bearing on that. depending on what happens in these two
it will be a very interesting debate. >> what about the timing of the obama administration's decision? with everything going on the international scene? why now? how will this affect california? >> the why now is more of a legal question, although certainly has political overtones. in previous cases, the justice department had defended doma by citing case law, precedence, that directed judges to uphold any law that land these two cass are filed in a federal circuit, a judicial...
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in the illinois state senate, president obama, then state senator obama, voted present. he protoed -- voted present 130 times. refusing, refusing to take a position on the various issues facing his state. in his irresponsible budget on monday, president obama once again voted present. mr. chairman, president obama needs to know that with the many challenges facing our nation, now is not the time to vote present. now is the time to provide leadership. you don't have to vote if the president's budget doesn't provide the serious leadership we need now. one of the president's strong -- read "the washington post" which said this about the president's budget, he said the president punted. having been given the chance to take the bold step to raise revenue and curb entitlement spending, president obama in his fiscal 2012 budget proposal chose instead to duck, and to mask some of the ducking with the budgetary gimmick he is once derided. punting in football is the equivalent of voting present in politics. by once again voting present, the president refused the mantle of leadersh
in the illinois state senate, president obama, then state senator obama, voted present. he protoed -- voted present 130 times. refusing, refusing to take a position on the various issues facing his state. in his irresponsible budget on monday, president obama once again voted present. mr. chairman, president obama needs to know that with the many challenges facing our nation, now is not the time to vote present. now is the time to provide leadership. you don't have to vote if the president's...
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president obama agrees. in a letter to congress last month, director of national intelligence admiral clapper and attorney general holder urged us to re-authorize the expiring provisions, noting they are critical tools that, quote, had been used in numerous highly sensitive intelligence collection operations, end quote. this bill re-authorizes the expiring provisions through december 8 of 2011, the last day that the house of representatives is scheduled to be in session. this extension serves two important functions. . sec, it provides congress with the opportunity to engage in a thorough review of these provisions as we pursue and consider a longer re-authorization. i urge my colleagues to support our ability to continue to protect americans against terrorist plots and attacks. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: i relucta
president obama agrees. in a letter to congress last month, director of national intelligence admiral clapper and attorney general holder urged us to re-authorize the expiring provisions, noting they are critical tools that, quote, had been used in numerous highly sensitive intelligence collection operations, end quote. this bill re-authorizes the expiring provisions through december 8 of 2011, the last day that the house of representatives is scheduled to be in session. this extension serves...
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friday that shows that $105.5 billion are automatically triggered for spending that will implement obama care whether or not we shut off the funds in the c.r. going forward. these are automatic appropriations. i believe, and i've seen it for a long time and worked on this thing for, ever since mid last summerer, that we need to shut off all funding for obamacare in every propings bill going forward and we had the assurance we would have regular order. the regular order that we have is, an open rule that closes out an amendment that would shut off the funding that's automatically appropriated by obamacare. if we'd had a full regular order, i could have brought that amendment before he the subcommittee opingses, have somebody do that, or the full pro-ips committee and i followed all those paths until such time as it wasn't written into the bill, as was shutting off funding to the transferring people out of gitmo or cutting off the 1099 or the stimulus plan of the president. all of that is written out in the bill. but nothing is in the bill that allows us to write out the automatic $105 bil
friday that shows that $105.5 billion are automatically triggered for spending that will implement obama care whether or not we shut off the funds in the c.r. going forward. these are automatic appropriations. i believe, and i've seen it for a long time and worked on this thing for, ever since mid last summerer, that we need to shut off all funding for obamacare in every propings bill going forward and we had the assurance we would have regular order. the regular order that we have is, an open...
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i did not like him when obama made in chief of staff and i still don't. i need people to understand -- unions and collective bargaining had nothing to do with the bankrupting of this country. just like social security has nothing to do with this deficit we are running. it was the crux on wall street -- the republicans just will be sent it to the end all of those wall street cronies and corporate buddies like the -- koch brothers and is governor walker, they say the koch brothers, he gave a million dollars to his campaign. it is also a war on women and the middle-class. you notice the unions that he target were primarily made up of women. what you have? -- do you have? teachers, public health workers, crossing guards, office workers? who works in those? low-paid profession is primarily composed of women. the professions that he said, okay, we will examine a few -- police, fire, state patrol, they are primarily made up of men. but i did see a letter from the state patrol saying he was sorry that his union had backed governor walker. i mean, i thought that w
i did not like him when obama made in chief of staff and i still don't. i need people to understand -- unions and collective bargaining had nothing to do with the bankrupting of this country. just like social security has nothing to do with this deficit we are running. it was the crux on wall street -- the republicans just will be sent it to the end all of those wall street cronies and corporate buddies like the -- koch brothers and is governor walker, they say the koch brothers, he gave a...
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the obama administration came in and with the first 90 days issued an endangerment finding not based on independent analysis, based more on press releases as far as i can say that said yes, by golly, co-2 was a pollutant and they can regulate it and have since been truge to -- trying to shoehorn the regulation into the tenants of the clean air act. the amendments myself and mr. poe promulgated says let's take a time-out on co-2 regulation the next seven months and actually define what the greenhouse gases are we want to look at, and let's restrict the analysis to stationary sources on the regulations that are implemented after january of 2011. there is no question that if you regulate the clean air act -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. >> i yield to the gentleman another 20 seconds. mr. barton: it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars and destroy jobs without any real economic analysis to show it is a harm. i support the oppose-carter-barton amendment and hope the entire house will and thank the gentleman for yielding the time. >> i reserve the balance of my time. t
the obama administration came in and with the first 90 days issued an endangerment finding not based on independent analysis, based more on press releases as far as i can say that said yes, by golly, co-2 was a pollutant and they can regulate it and have since been truge to -- trying to shoehorn the regulation into the tenants of the clean air act. the amendments myself and mr. poe promulgated says let's take a time-out on co-2 regulation the next seven months and actually define what the...
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now the obama administrationry fuses to let them pay us back. kofi annan noted the failure of the u.n. council, noting they made changes not to protect human rights but to protect themselves. this is still the case today as some of the worst regimes of human rights hold powerful seats on the u.n. general counsel. -- council. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. berman: let's go through some of the issues and sort of disaggregate all of this. we have a bill that seeks to withhold funds unless the secretary of state certifies she's gotten back $179 million for the fund. the fund doesn't have $179 million because $100 million has been designated to this perimeter security on f.d.r. drive. at the request of the new york police department. why did they to it that way? because to do it now in the context of the overall u.n. reconstruction will save at
now the obama administrationry fuses to let them pay us back. kofi annan noted the failure of the u.n. council, noting they made changes not to protect human rights but to protect themselves. this is still the case today as some of the worst regimes of human rights hold powerful seats on the u.n. general counsel. -- council. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself the...
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the failure of obama. to be due to have a touch of the broad to between six billion dollars for now they create a big problem because when you go to. the country to record this money. that was a product of all of the corruption most of the money laundering or sometimes also relationship with organized play well here you are now a torrent to afghanistan. do you agree with american ambassador eikenberry who says that president karzai is brother is a major afghan opium trader but this is a very old story i know but no one ever gives an answer and that this is a very old story when i was in the united nations this guy was already no. major traffic so it's true of course it is true but this is just one. out of many problems what about you work so closely with afghanistan that's why i'm asking revelations for example in diplomatic cables to u.s. diplomatic cables it dry disastrous picture afghanistan for example is it true that afghan minister to buy with fifteen million dollars in cash are like other cabinet me
the failure of obama. to be due to have a touch of the broad to between six billion dollars for now they create a big problem because when you go to. the country to record this money. that was a product of all of the corruption most of the money laundering or sometimes also relationship with organized play well here you are now a torrent to afghanistan. do you agree with american ambassador eikenberry who says that president karzai is brother is a major afghan opium trader but this is a very...
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. >> woodruff: in washington today, president obama sat down with a number of democratic governors, who later commented on the government versus union battles across the nation. >> whatever wisconsin or these other states can do to get back into the game of creating jobs instead of fighting or belittling their public employees i think is a good step. >> woodruff: the governors will remain in washington through the weekend. and joining us now to discuss the current disputes over public employees and fiscal challenges sweeping the states, republican governor mitch daniels of indiana and democratic governor brian schweitzer of montana. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. and i just want to point out the sling, governor daniels, is not because he's been in a tussle with democrats, you had shoulder surgery recently. >> it's a sympathy ploy, i thought you might take it easy on me. >> woodruff: governor, let me begin with you on this showdown in wisconsin and your state of indiana. you've been very critical of public workers, you use the term privileged elite. you've said that while o
. >> woodruff: in washington today, president obama sat down with a number of democratic governors, who later commented on the government versus union battles across the nation. >> whatever wisconsin or these other states can do to get back into the game of creating jobs instead of fighting or belittling their public employees i think is a good step. >> woodruff: the governors will remain in washington through the weekend. and joining us now to discuss the current disputes...
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it has the support of both the bush and obama administration. this week, president obama included $150 million in his budget to begin its construction. this inclusion shows the commitment from the president and secretary napolitano to see this facility moves forward as planned so we can conduct critical measures in order to protect the public and our livestock from the threats of devastating disease. this debate should be about our national security, not pennsylvania rocky kial politics. in this age to protect our nation, this could not be more crucial. and we are dangerously underprotected from the threat of a biological attack against our people and food. in fact, the bipartisan commission on the prevention of weapons of mass destruction, proliferation and terrorism recently issued a report card that gave the federal government a failing grade for efforts to prevent a biological attack. we need to protect our food and families from danger and stand on the cutting edge, our security is at risk in delaying this project further because the gentle
it has the support of both the bush and obama administration. this week, president obama included $150 million in his budget to begin its construction. this inclusion shows the commitment from the president and secretary napolitano to see this facility moves forward as planned so we can conduct critical measures in order to protect the public and our livestock from the threats of devastating disease. this debate should be about our national security, not pennsylvania rocky kial politics. in...
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yesterday, president obama criticized the iranian government. >> what has been true in egypt should be true in iran, which is that people should be able to express their opinions and their grievances, and seek a more responsive government. what's been different is the iranian government's response. which is to shoot people and beat people and arrest people. >> the iranian government had said it supports the uprisings in tunisia and egypt. >>> now to some disturbing news about one of our colleagues. cbs news chief foreign correspondent lara logan is recovering from a brutal attack she suffered while covering events in egypt. this is logan in cairo's tahrir square on friday night just before the assault. logan was separated from her crew, and security, in the crush of the mob that surrounded them. in a statement cbs news said she suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault, and beating. logan was saved by a group of women, and egyptian soldiers. she has returned to the u.s., and is recovering in a hospital. >>> this morning, the pakistani government says a u.s. consulate employee char
yesterday, president obama criticized the iranian government. >> what has been true in egypt should be true in iran, which is that people should be able to express their opinions and their grievances, and seek a more responsive government. what's been different is the iranian government's response. which is to shoot people and beat people and arrest people. >> the iranian government had said it supports the uprisings in tunisia and egypt. >>> now to some disturbing news...
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but this isn't about president obama. >> but i'm asking you -- if he's doing enough. you heard what he said in 2007. he would be out there with you. he's not out there with you. >> this is is a about a governor who is taking on nurses and emts. >> answer the question, i asked a very specific question. the president as a candidate said in 2007 said if this ever happens i'll be with you. >> he's not taking on workers like scott walker is and trying to take away their ability, to come together and negotiate a middle class way of life. he stands for that. >> could he be doing more? >> everybody could be doing more. >> well, in this specific case -- lawrence i want to go back to politics here. it is very difficult for a president who wants to mover to the center who before the, after the cannon fired initially said it's an assault on unions, then he's gone quiet. and now he's got unhappiness on the left and on the right. and he just wants to be more of a centrist guy right now. >> it will be interesting to see what his choice would be if he was in the second term. this is
but this isn't about president obama. >> but i'm asking you -- if he's doing enough. you heard what he said in 2007. he would be out there with you. he's not out there with you. >> this is is a about a governor who is taking on nurses and emts. >> answer the question, i asked a very specific question. the president as a candidate said in 2007 said if this ever happens i'll be with you. >> he's not taking on workers like scott walker is and trying to take away their...
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president obama made his case on a high-tech visit to the west coast. newshour correspondent spencer michels reports on the response from business leaders in california. >> reporter: so this is the kind of innovation you're talking about? >> sure. >> reporter: displays of high- tech gadgets like this google earth exhibit at san jose's tech museum continue to amaze even the denizens of silicon valley, where they invent stuff like this. we brought russell hancock to the museum. he is c.e.o. of a consortium of silicon valley business and government. he says these innovations should remind president obama how important such inventions-- and the valley itself-- are to the nation. >> if there's a place that can lead us out of the recession, if there's a place that can reinvent energy in our energy future, it would be silicon valley. but we have to do this in partnership. >> reporter: the president came west this week to talk with high-tech leaders about issues like that. last night, he dined with an elite group of silicon valley executives, including google's
president obama made his case on a high-tech visit to the west coast. newshour correspondent spencer michels reports on the response from business leaders in california. >> reporter: so this is the kind of innovation you're talking about? >> sure. >> reporter: displays of high- tech gadgets like this google earth exhibit at san jose's tech museum continue to amaze even the denizens of silicon valley, where they invent stuff like this. we brought russell hancock to the museum....
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emanuel quit his job as president obama's chief of staff last year. he collected 55% of the vote, in a six-candidate race. >>> the u.s. supreme court has ruled that parents cannot sue over childhood vaccines. the high court says that's why congress set up a special vaccines court. it handles claims so that drug companies will keep making vaccines. the justices rejected a suit by a couple who did not get compensation for their daughter's health problems from the vaccine court. >>> well, a new study on the effects of cell phones on the human brain found evidence that they do affect brain cell activity. it raises disturbing questions, though, about whether long-term use of cell phones may be harmful to the millions who use them. sandra hughes reports. >> reporter: cell phones are a part of just about everyone's life. but there are still questions about their safety. >> i worry about kids, i've got a 17-year-old who sleeps with the phone by her bed. >> i'm not worried about it. >> reporter: in a preliminary study from the national institutes of health, re
emanuel quit his job as president obama's chief of staff last year. he collected 55% of the vote, in a six-candidate race. >>> the u.s. supreme court has ruled that parents cannot sue over childhood vaccines. the high court says that's why congress set up a special vaccines court. it handles claims so that drug companies will keep making vaccines. the justices rejected a suit by a couple who did not get compensation for their daughter's health problems from the vaccine court....
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then you look at the state's whe where senator obama one just barely. be th ones those would be the ones that goi republicans are going to be trying to reach if he can hang . on to them, and president obamat can hold on to the virginias ans north carolina's and indiana's, then colorado. if he can't, he doesn't. >> host: you have beeng sm handicapping these races for a long time. can the retirements, among them, kent conrad, jim webb, joeocra o lieberman, and to republican retirements, it john kyl and kay bailey hutchinson. >> guest: well, the tough one for democrats is the twopublic republican retirements, kay johe bailey hutchinson and john kyl. it is pretty unlikely that democrats can pick those up.ublv republicans have a better chance of picking up those open democratic seats than viceic sea versa, but i think it is a reflection of what we are seeing overall which is democrats have 23 seats at risk in 2012. republicans only have ten. if you look two years after that democrats have 20 and republicans have 13.ave a lot of what democratic members are lo
then you look at the state's whe where senator obama one just barely. be th ones those would be the ones that goi republicans are going to be trying to reach if he can hang . on to them, and president obamat can hold on to the virginias ans north carolina's and indiana's, then colorado. if he can't, he doesn't. >> host: you have beeng sm handicapping these races for a long time. can the retirements, among them, kent conrad, jim webb, joeocra o lieberman, and to republican retirements, it...
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in its policies toward the banks, obama's policies towards the bank e bailout, obama's policies towards the detroit automotive industry, and obama's policies towards health care. this is corporatesism. it is friendly fascism and, frankly, i want nothing to do with it. >> what was your relationship with william f. buckley and what is your relationship with his son, christopher buckley? >> my relationship with bill was very warm. i have in my library a picture of a sailboat in the moon light, that bill painted and i always loved that painting and one night we were having drinks at his house and i said, bill, gee that is a wonderful painting, i thought he was a very good amateur painter and he said, do you think so? and grabbed it and, there i have it and woke up the next day and, i had this beautiful painting. and for many, many years we were close. christopher, what he said about bill in his book and what he said about his mother, he shouldn't have ever said. these are things that you keep to yourself. >> losing mom and pop book. >> yes. and i think he was -- it is disgraceful and there
in its policies toward the banks, obama's policies towards the bank e bailout, obama's policies towards the detroit automotive industry, and obama's policies towards health care. this is corporatesism. it is friendly fascism and, frankly, i want nothing to do with it. >> what was your relationship with william f. buckley and what is your relationship with his son, christopher buckley? >> my relationship with bill was very warm. i have in my library a picture of a sailboat in the...
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the obama/biden re-election campaign, will officially kick off there. they nearly won north carolina in 2008. and it remains a crucial swing state. >> political season yet again. >>> more coverage on the big storm out there. >>> plus, changes to the see-through security scanners, being tested at an airport near you. >>> and "dallas" fans can celebrate. j.r. and bobby are coming back to tv. [ female announcer ] why watch regular tv when you can experience the next generation of television service? at&t u-verse tv. tv like you've never seen before at a really great price. go now to the website below and get u-verse tv starting at just $29 a month for six months, dvr included. or get up to $300 in a promotion card with a qualifying u-verse bundle. u-verse tv lets you record and play back your favorite shows in any room. and you can record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. you can even upgrade to over 155 hd channels and growing. get ready for a new kind of tv service. so order at&t u-verse online now. go now to the website below and get u-verse tv
the obama/biden re-election campaign, will officially kick off there. they nearly won north carolina in 2008. and it remains a crucial swing state. >> political season yet again. >>> more coverage on the big storm out there. >>> plus, changes to the see-through security scanners, being tested at an airport near you. >>> and "dallas" fans can celebrate. j.r. and bobby are coming back to tv. [ female announcer ] why watch regular tv when you can...